Lake Forest's Rodriguez pregnant, will miss inaugural NWSL season

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Amy Rodriguez of Lake Forest announced Thursday she is pregnant and will miss the 2013 inaugural National Women's Soccer League season and this month's U.S. Soccer training camp.

Rodriguez, a Santa Margarita High graduate, is expecting in August. She was selected by Seattle Reign FC Jan. 11.

Seattle head coach Laura Harvey revealed the 25-year-old's pregnancy wasn't planned in a statement on the team's Facebook page:

"Amy's pregnancy came as quite a surprise and has introduced some challenges that we are now beginning to work through," Harvey wrote.

According to dailymail.co.uk, Reign FC owner Bill Predmore congratulated Rodriguez and her husband Adam Shilling on the pregnancy. Shilling is a goalie for the USC men's water polo team. The pair met as students at USC and married in 2011.

"We congratulate Amy and her husband on this wonderful news," Predmore said. "We let her know that we are here to support her in any way we can and that we look forward to having her join our club in 2014. Please join us in wishing Amy and her family all the best!"

Rodriguez - known as A-Rod to her teammates - is a forward for the Reign and is also a member of the United States' National Women's Soccer team. She played for the U.S. and won gold in both the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and last year's London Olympics.

In January, Rodriguez was one of 29 players selected for a training camp leading into the U.S. women's national soccer team's first two matches of 2013, on Feb. 9 in Jacksonville, Fla., and Feb. 13 in Nashville, Tenn. The USA will face Scotland in both games.

On Thursday, U.S. Soccer confirmed Rodriguez has been replaced in the national team camp by Chicago Red Stars No. 1 draft pick Zakiya Bywaters.